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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
- "So eat and drink and cool (thine) eye. And if thou dost see any man, say, `I have vowed a fast to (Allah) Most Gracious and this day will I enter into no talk with any human being.' "
- At length she brought the (babe) to her people, carrying him (in her arms). They said: "O Mary! truly an amazing thing hast thou brought!
- "O sister of Aaron! thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!"
- But she pointed to the babe. They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?"
- He said: "I am indeed a servant of Allah: He hath given me revelation and made me a prophet;
- "And He hath made me Blessed wheresoever I be, and hath enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live;
- "(He) hath made me kind to my mother, and not overbearing or miserable;
- "So Peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die, and the Day that I shall be raised up to life (again)"!
- Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary: (It is) a statement of truth, about which they (vainly) dispute.
- It is not befitting to (the majesty of) Allah that He should beget a son. Glory be to Him! When He determines a matter, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.
- Verily, Allah is my Lord and your Lord: Him therefore serve ye: This is a Way that is straight.
- But the sects differ among themselves: And woe to the Unbelievers because of the (coming) Judgment of a momentous Day!
- How plainly will they see and hear, the Day that they will appear before Us! But the unjust today are in error manifest!
- But warn them of the Day of Distress, when the matter will be determined: For (behold), they are negligent and they do not believe!
- It is We Who will inherit the earth, and all beings thereon: To Us will they all be returned.
- Also mention in the Book (the story of) Abraham: He was a man of Truth, a prophet.
- Behold, he said to his father: "O my father! why worship that which heareth not and seeth not, and can profit thee nothing?
- "O my father! to me hath come knowledge which hath not reached thee: So follow me: I will guide thee to a Way that is even and straight.
- "O my father! serve not Satan: For Satan is a rebel against (Allah) Most Gracious.
- "O my father! I fear lest a Penalty afflict thee from (Allah) Most Gracious, so that thou become to Satan a friend."
- (The father) replied: "Dost thou hate my gods, O Abraham? If thou forbear not, I will indeed stone thee: Now get away from me for a good long while!"
- Abraham said: "Peace be on thee: I will pray to my Lord for thy forgiveness: For He is to me Most Gracious.
- "And I will turn away from you (all) and from those whom ye invoke besides Allah: I will call on my Lord: Perhaps, by my prayer to my Lord I shall be not unblest."
- When he had turned away from them and from those whom they worshipped besides Allah, We bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob, and each one of them We made a prophet.
- And We bestowed of Our Mercy on them, and We granted them lofty honor on the tongue of truth.
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